Ash, with his invincible physical body, wants to become a Pokémon Master.

Legend has it that Latias was highly intelligent and could understand human language.

They can also perceive people's hearts very keenly through telepathy and emotional communication.

Why does this one seem to lack telepathic abilities? Ash quickly went to Latias's side.

Slowly reach out and place your hand on its forehead, and begin transmitting waveguides to establish a connection with it.

Little Joy was incredibly envious of this scene, as she was always rejected whenever she tried to approach Latias.

"Waaaaah~ Waaaah~ I guess I was just too immature."

"Hello, Latias."

"Hello, strange human. You have a youthful spirit but look like a middle-aged person."

The fact that it can respond indicates that its telepathic abilities are normal.

"You can clearly sense Little Joey's feelings, yet you still do this. You have such a twisted sense of humor."

"I can't help it, little Joey is just too cute, I can't resist teasing her, hehehe."

"But we really can't continue playing like this; the child is already upset. Could you get me a rubber ball?"

Ash brought it a ball, and Latias took the ball and went to give Nurse Joy a loving hug.

This touched Nurse Joy deeply, who thought it was all thanks to Ash.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Aaron."

[Ding! Nightingale Joy: Affection +3]

"My full name is Aaron Zhi. When no one else is around, just call me Xiao Zhi."

This Joey looks special. I should try to get on her good side; she might be useful in the future.

"From now on, Mr. Ash can also call me by my name Nightingale or Minami."

[Ding! New epic quest triggered: The Confused Prosecutor: Please raise Xiao Nan's affection level to 20]

[Rewards: Alliance Coins +800; Free Attribute Points +4; One piece of news about wild Latias]

After saying goodbye to Joy, Ash also received some news from her.

In a few days, the Alliance will send a mayor to the Dark City.

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Ash's reputation as a Suicune trainer has already spread.

So when his gym officially opened, countless trainers who wanted to see Suicune came to the door to challenge him.

Some people even travel from several cities to challenge Ash's gym in order to see the legendary embodiment of the North Wind.

This bustling scene unexpectedly boosted tourism in the dark city.

The citizens were overjoyed.

Looking at the huge crowd, Xiao Zhi wondered if recruiting only ten apprentices was too few.

"Are they treating my dojo like a must-visit spot?"

However, he did not disappoint these people, and he would let Suicune sleep next to the field during each challenge.

We guarantee that every challenger will be able to appreciate Suicune's heroic form.

As for opinions on eight-treasure porridge?

That guy was overjoyed to know he could skip training.

Ash then used his Strength and Primeape to defeat several challengers in succession.

However, Ash will still give badges to promising new trainers even if they are defeated.

They were also given some advice on raising Pokémon.

Thanks to Suicune's celebrity status, Ash played all 10 challenge matches on the first day.

The request to have Joey send the game footage back to league headquarters was quickly approved.

[Ding! Congratulations on completing the side quest: Money Bag and Gun Barrel?: Defeat those two bastards and build your own gym!]

[Rewards: Alliance Coins +1200; Free Attribute Points +2; Favorability to all residents of the Dark City +15]

Ash is now officially the Gym Leader of Dark City.

[Ding! Achievement achieved: Popular support: Over 50 people have a favorability rating of over 10 towards the host]

[Rewards: 2000 League Coins; 5 Free Attribute Points; One Dark-type Pokémon Battle Ticket]

Next, Raizo, along with his arm strength and monkey monster, will face the challenger.

After observing several matches and finding that his eldest disciple, Qian, was doing quite well, Ash entrusted the gym to him.

Now that he has been officially appointed as a Gym Leader, he is ready to begin expanding the Dark Gym.

From then on, the dojo was led by Lei Zang, with the Ten Vajra as its backbone, and widely recruited students.

Ash has summarized many key points for raising Fighting-type Pokémon and bodybuilding, and written them down in a book for Raizo.

This can be considered the "martial arts manual" of the Dark Dojo, and Raizo used the contents of the book to train his students.

I believe that the Dark Gym will definitely become an important fighting force in the future.

Now Ash has to deal with the new mayor.

After all, this mayor, appointed by the League Central Committee, was so discerning that he came to pay his respects to Ash on his very first day in office.

He couldn't afford to slight them.

"Mr. Aaron, you are truly a pillar of the alliance!"

"You flatter me, you flatter me. A young and promising mayor is the hope for the future of the alliance."

After some probing, the two determined that the other party had no ill intentions and quickly exchanged benefits.

Ash's demands for Dark City are simple: the mayor should not interfere with his training of trainers, and the Red Corporation, a major industry in the city, should have the right to participate.

All credit for the city's development and crime fighting goes to this 22-year-old mayor.

Both were intelligent people and had a pleasant conversation, quickly reaching an understanding.

Dark City, which already has an official gym, will soon receive a batch of League resources, and this land will experience rapid development.

The direction of future urban expansion has also been set.

The goal is to develop towards Evolution Town and Secondary Male Town in the Evolution Mountains.

This was suggested by the mayor, who had already guessed that Aaron must be related to the forces in Evolve Town after Ash mentioned the Crimson Group.

But who cares? In the League, the important thing is to blend in. As long as Ash doesn't interfere with his climb up the ranks, the mayor won't mind making some exceptions.

That's the appeal of a formal gym leader.

After the League Central Committee deemed Ash qualified, he only needed to ensure the strength of his Pokémon.

Then he is half the master of the Dark City.

Such an exaggerated system could only work in the Pokémon world.

After all, there are very few bad people here who are truly passionate about Pokémon; everyone's moral standards are ridiculously high.

Most dojo owners may have some minor flaws, but they are generally incorrigible when it comes to matters of principle.

Of course, systemic issues are still issues, and not everyone in the Pokémon world is a good person, such as Mr. Giovanni, the gym leader of Viridian City.

However, Dark City was lucky; Ash wasn't a bad guy.

His overall plan for the Dark City can be described as very scientific and reasonable, after all, Ash is very good at farming.

Many of the projects are genuinely high-quality projects for the Dark Market.

For example, the saying "To get rich, build roads first" means that all Xiao Zhi wants is for the Crimson Group to get a share of the profits from its rapid development.

They only dabble in small sectors like urban infrastructure and financial services, industrial manufacturing, and catering and entertainment.

If things develop well and they catch the right opportunity, the Crimson Group will no longer be just a small supplier of evolution stones.

It is a true corporate group spanning multiple industries.

Ash's son can also become Daigo of Kanto in the future.

However, this also depends on the capabilities of CEO Mitchell.

The dojo will be temporarily managed by Raizo.

However, we also need to seriously consider recruiting more subordinates.

Otherwise, it would be inappropriate to hand over all the key industries to the Ibrahimovic family.

Although the system allows you to see the loyalty of each individual, it provides a certain level of security.

However, it would be most reasonable to have more different people checking and balancing each other.

So Ash found Misty.

"Can the Cerulean Gym send some people to support the Dark Gym?"

"Oh, is that alright? This is your dojo after all..."

Gently taking Xiaoxia's hand, Xiaozhi spoke in her ear in a magnetic voice.

"No, this is our dojo."

"I'm worried about leaving Raizo there alone after we leave."

"Of course, we should let some experienced people from the Cerulean faction manage the dojo together."

[Ding! Xiaoxia: Affection +3]

Xiaoxia blushed when she heard the phrase "our dojo."

"Okay then."

"Then I'll also have Naz send some people over..."

Xiao Zhi's idea is excellent: a three-way check and balance.

The triangle is the greatest shape! How wonderful!

He didn't notice, however, that the smile on Xiaoxia's face froze.

She rubbed her forehead, looked up at the sky, sighed, pondered for a moment, and then punched Xiaozhi in the head.

"Ah, Xia, why is that?"

"Damn it, I don't object to Naz, but can you wait until I'm done having fun before you say that?!"